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Saturday, December 17, 2005

Ind. Courts - Doctors' non-compete challenge goes to jury

Bryan Corbin of the Evansville Courier& Press has an interesting story today that begins:

A trial wrapped up Friday in the case of two Evansville cardiologists suing their physicians' group to get out from under noncompete contracts they signed.

The judge could rule next month, and if he finds that the contracts are legally binding, then the two cardiologists could be forbidden from practicing medicine in the Tri-State area for two years. Dr. Ralph D. Millsaps, a cardiologist, and Dr. Julio A. Morera, a pediatric cardiologist, both resigned last month from Ohio Valley HeartCare Inc., which Millsaps had co-founded.

Both want to continue practicing in the Evansville area and treating their longtime patients, but contracts they signed in 1998 preclude them from working for Ohio Valley's competition for two years after leaving the physicians' group.

The case is in Vanderburgh Superior Court.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 17, 2005 08:48 AM
Posted to Ind. Trial Ct. Decisions